Željko Perušić (23 March 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a Croatian footballer. He was part of the Yugoslav squad that won gold at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[2]

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Željko Perušić

Personal information
Date of birth	(1937-03-23)23 March 1937
Place of birth	Duga Resa, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	28 September 2017(2017-09-28) (aged 81)
Place of death	St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958–1965	Dinamo Zagreb	125	(9)
1965–1970	1860 München	138	(1)
1970–1973	St. Gallen	78	(1)
Total		341	(11)
International career
1959–1964	Yugoslavia	27	(0)
Managerial career
1970–1974	St. Gallen
1974–1975	Vaduz
1977–1979	Brühl
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1960 Rome Team European Championship 1960 France Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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During his club career he played for NK Dinamo Zagreb, TSV 1860 München and FC St. Gallen.

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a November 1959 Olympic Games qualification match against Greece and earned a total of 27 caps, scoring no goals. He participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup. His final international was a March 1964 friendly away against Bulgaria.^[3]

He then became a football manager in Switzerland.^[4]